History of infectious disease pandemics in urban societies /

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This book examines the evolution of urban social patterns and infectious diseases. Tracing the historical record, it explores the human struggle to contain infectious disease and the adaption of microbes to these measures.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardt, Mark D., 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
Temas:
Epidemics > History.
Diseases and history.
Epidemics > history
Disease Outbreaks > history
Maladies et histoire.
Épidémies > Histoire.
MEDICAL > Forensic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Preventive Medicine.
MEDICAL > Public Health.
Diseases and history
Epidemics
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The past: human populations prior to sedentary life styles
  • Origins of the urban death penalty: civilized diseases
  • The first rural-urban turnaround
  • Infectious diseases and medical traditions in the levant
  • Emergence of the enlightenment
  • Advancement of science and medicine
  • Inoculation and infectious disease
  • A review of the urban death penalty
  • Postlogue.

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